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Latest Promises
Barack Obama
Expand the earned income tax credit
Past expansions of Earned Income Tax Credit are extended for five more years
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January 3, 2013
Barack Obama
Extend child tax credits and marriage-penalty fixes
Variety of child and family tax cuts extended or made permanent in fiscal cliff bill
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January 3, 2013
Barack Obama
Eliminate capital gains taxes for small businesses and start-ups
A compromise extended
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January 12, 2011
Barack Obama
Eliminate all oil and gas tax loopholes
Obama has no luck getting tax proposals past Congress
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January 3, 2013
Barack Obama
Increase the capital gains and dividends taxes for higher-income taxpayers
Tax rate increased, but not for promised tax bracket
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November 14, 2016
Barack Obama
Strengthen the levees in New Orleans
Improved, but not Category 5 level protection
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August 19, 2015
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